Metal covered roof for portable houses



(No Model.)

B. LEE.

METAL COVERED ROOF FOR PORTABLE HOUSES.

l N0.'318,Z'7O. Patented May 19, 1885.

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To all whom/it may concern.

' UNITE P TENT OFFICE.

EARL'LEE, or CORONA, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,270, dated May 19, 1885.

i i Application filed February 25, 1885. (N model.)

Be it known that I, EARL LEE, of Corona, in the county of Queens and State of New York,

- have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metal-Covered Roofs for Portable Houses; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,

' clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of detachable metal-covered roofs for portable houses; and the object of the invention is to construct the roof in such a manner that it shall be perfectly Water-tight, and also very strong and durable, and capable of being quickly placed in position, and removed whenever desired. This roof is chiefly intended for use on portable houses; but it may 7 also be used for permanent or stationary houses as well.

My improved roof is made in separatepanels, which are constructed as hereinafter particularly described, and laid side by side upon the roof-frame in sufficient number to form the roof, the upper end of each panel being secured in any suitable manner under the ridgepole, and their lower ends secured by suitable means to the rafter-plates or the roof-frame. Each of said panels is composed of the following parts, namely: a transverse series of boards joined together to form a backing of the width of the panel,and preferably tongued and grooved, two side strips fastened to this backing at each side thereof, and beveled on their inner edges, so as to form recesses, and a sheet of galvanized iron or other suitable sheet metal laid over the upper surface of the panel and fastened at its sides to the strips just mentioned; and in connection with these panels I employ a sheet-metal cap of proper width to cover adjoining side strips when the panels have been laid in position upon the roof-frame, which said cap is passed over the taken on the line w 00, Fig. 1'; Fig. 4,'a perspective view of aportion of one of the panels detached, and without the metal cap above mentioned; and Figs. 5, 6, and? are details, hereinafter described.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the several figures.

' A A A are the panels, which are each constructed as follows, namely: a is a backing forming a base of the width of the panel, and preferably made of tongued and grooved boards laid transversely, as shown. I) b are two side strips fasten ed one at each side of the backing and flush with the side edges of the same. The inner edges of these strips are beveled, so as to form recesses c a, running the entire length of the panel. (1 is a sheet of galvanized iron, or other suitable sheet metal, attached at each side to the strips b 1), covering the upper surface of the panel and fitted into the recesses c 0. Only a part of the length of each panel is shown in the drawings, said panels ordinarily being of sufficient length to reach from the ridge to the eaves of the building. Provision is made, however, as hereinafter described, for joining two or more of the lengths when the building is large.

' The panels thus constructed are laid side by side, as shown in Fig. 1, in a series of sufficient number to form each side of the roof of a building, and the adjoining sides of each pair are covered by a metal cap, f, which extends from the ridge to the eaves. This cap f may be made of the same metal sheeting as the covering d, and is of sufficient width to overlap the adjoining strips b b and edges of the sheeting d, and its side edges are turned downward at an angle to fit snugly into the recesses c 0. Thus constructed the roof is entirely covered with metal sheeting, and is perfectly water-tight.

The means employed for joining two lengths of the panel longitudinally when the roof is of such size that a single length of panel would be inconveniently large if long enough to reach from the ridge tothe eaves areshown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7. In said figures, A represents the upper length of panel, or that which adjoins the ridge, and A the length which is joined to the lower end of A.

, the sheeting on A is passed over the sheeting on A and the flap p is'passed under the strip n, as shown in Fig. 7, the lower endof the wooden portion of A being arranged to come against that on the upper end of A If desired, the overhanging sheeting on A- may have a number of slits, m, so as to form a series; of flaps, p, which latter, in that case, are passed alternately over and under the strip a. I am aware of the United States Patent No. 188,012, to Henkle, in which a wooden capis used to hold the edges of metal sheets to a beveled rib on a roof, and I do not claim such construction.

What Iclaim as my invention is- In the panel A the sheeting d is made to extend some distance be -a sheet-metal covering, d, laid over said backing and attached at its overlapping sides to the strip b b, said panel being adapted, as described, to be used in connection with a metal cap, f, constructed, as described, to cover said strips b b of adjoining panels. and fit into the recesses c c, as set forth.

2. A roof composed of a series of panels, A A, each constructed with the backinga, strips b b, having beveled edges to form recesses c 0, and sheet-metal covering d, said panels being laid side by side,and their adj oining side strips, 72 b, covered by a metal cap, f, adapted tofit over said strips b b and into. the recesses c c, as shown and described.

3. The combination of the. panel A, provided with av portion of its metal covering d; extending beyond its lower end, and slit at intervals to form flaps p, and the panel A ,provided with the strip n to receive said flap or flaps, each of said panelsconstructed as shown and described, and the whole arranged as and \VitnesSes: 1 M. H. UPPI G JOHN S. THORNTON. 

